Improvement in shelving and counters for stores



F. 'H. & W. ILMAYO .SHELVING AND COUNTERS FOR STORES.

M. 194,703. Patented Aug. 28,1877.

- VWTNESSES %W ATTORNEYS "UNITED STATES FREDERICK H. MAYO AND WILLIAM H. MAYO, OE JACKSON,

ATENT QFFIGE.

TENNESSEE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,703.

. July 10, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FREDERICK HARRI- SON MAYO and WILLIAM HARDY MAYO, of Jackson, in the county of Madison, and in the State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelving and Oounters for Store-Houses and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying. drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of portable shelving and counter for stores, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art.

to whichour invention appertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved shelving. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the counter.

The object of our invention is to make the shelving and counters, such as are usually constructed in the fitting up of stores, movable and portable, so that in the event of fire, or any emergency requiring the removal of the stock, it can be easily and quickly accomplished without damage or injury to either the shelving or the counters, or the goods they may contain.

For this purpose we construct the shelving and counters in the ordinary way, except, in the case of the shelving, the frame-work A will be provided with a back, B, so that when the shelving is withdrawn from the wall goods will not fall out, as they would if the shelving were left open in the rear.

The frame work A, which supports the shelves and drawers, is placed upon rollers 0 O, of suitable material and dimensions, which gives the advantage of being able to move it with but little eifort.

When the shelving has been so constructed it is held in place against the wall by means of stout rings, firmly fastened in the builddated August 28, 1877 yapplication filed ing. in which corresponding hooks D, fastened to the top of, the frame-work A, are hooked. These hooks secure the entire arrangement firmly in its place; but,'when necessary to remove the shelves, these hooks can be all detached at once by means of a cord, (1, or its equivalent, fastened to the hooks in such a manner that when it is drawn it will detach all the hooks simultaneously from the rings in the wall, and leave the shelving at once free to be rolled out.

For greater convenience, the framework A is made in sections of any suitable length, and hinged together in pairs by hinges a a, so that they can be folded together for removal, the hinges keeping them united at one end, and the opposite ends, when thus folded, fastened together by means of a hook, E, and staple, or any other convenient and suitable means. This has the effect to completely inclose all the contents of the shelves within the space between the two backs thereof. Each pair of these sections is provided with suitable panels G, having tongues b, which fit in grooves 00 at the ends of the sections. These can ordinarily be placed on top of the shelving, and readily placed in position when the necessity for folding together the sections occurs.

By this means everything contained in the shelves is completely inclosed, as it" regularly boxed up.

In most all shelving there is a ledge, as at H, above the drawers, which forms a goodsized space when the two sections are folded together. This space may be utilized to store such articles as it will contain, and when the sections are folded and the panels put in and fastened the contents are safely boxed up, andcan be easily guarded.

In like manner we place the frame-work I, supporting the counter on rollers J J, so as to be easily moved, and the counter can be used as trucks for moving heavy goods.

We are aware that shelving and counters mounted on rollers and movable are not new, and we do, therefore, not claim such broadly as our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by In testimony that we claim the foregoing we Letters Patent, ishave hereunto set our hands this 31st day of 1. The combination of the sectional shelv- March, 1877.

ing A, hinged together at a a, the rollers 0,

and the hooks D, provided with cords d, sub- H. MAYO. stantially as and for the purposes herein set W. H. MAYO. forth.

2. The removable panels G, in combination Witnesses: with the sectional hinged shelving, for the L. '1. LINDSEY,

purposes herein set forth. A. A. BRIGHT. 

